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Thursday, 26 January 2017

Monthly Film Chronicle - January 2017

Chronique
Mensuelles de Film - Janvier 2017

A monthly chronicle of films (features,
medium or shorts) seen throughout the current month from any source.
Commentaries will be limited to 99 words or less. Film festivals will
be hyperlinked. If time permits certain films will be elaborated on
and be posted under the label “Film Box Office” (100-399 words)
or “Film Review” (400 or more) (number of words based on English
only).

A heart-pounding
dramatization of how 12-year-old Fanny
Ben-Ami resourcefully led a small band of eight children
(including her two younger sisters) from a boarding school in
Nazi-occupied France to the safety of Switzerland. The film is based
upon her autobiography. She is now 86 years old and currently living
in Israel.

During World War II, many
Jewish parents entrusted their children to boarding schools
considered as safe havens from German occupation forces and their
collaborators. Unfortunately many of these did not remain so, forcing
the schools' staff to send the young children on frightening journeys
(often alone) to safety.

This epic historical drama, set in 17th
century Nagasaki Japan, is a thought provoking exploration of the
issues of truth, spirituality, faith and much more. Following the
defeat of the peasants (most of whom were Christians) during the
Shimabara rebellion, Christianity was strictly forbidden and its
followers severely persecuted.

Father Sebastião Rodrigues and Father
Francisco Garupe receive news that their mentor and teacher, Father
Cristóvão Ferreira, has renounced his faith after being tortured.
Disbelieving the news of Ferreira's apostasy, they set off to Japan
to find and bring him home. Both priests must face their ultimate
test of faith.

A man takes a job as guardian and
caretaker of an old London home that is a bit run-down. His
responsibility is to ensure that
it remains free of squatters and looters. He quickly realizes that it
isn't the home that needs protection; it is himself. A dark,
malevolent ancient cult seeks new members. They will stop
at nothing to make you join them.

An intense multi-layered
political drama that examines the real impact of free-trade
agreements between governments. Three interconnected stories unfold
before the eyes and ears of the viewer.

Oliver Campbell (an
American hedge fund banker), along with his associate Ricardo, is
buying the debts owed by the Peruvian government to landowners,
developers and entrepreneurs. Maria, a nurse in an under funded
hospital in Lima, is trying (unsuccessfully) to convince her
superior, Dr. Cerrón, to admit her ailing mother. In the Andes,
Caravedo, a shady developer, is trying to buy the ancient lands from
the mountain farmers. Only Florentino is resistant.

An observational film, featuring Steven Jerome, that instructs the vieweronthe traditionsconcerningtheart of Mi’kmaqbasket making. A vital film intended to
preserve a cultural heritage for future generations.

Sarah,
a beautiful and intelligent 30-year-old 'professional' student,
wakes up in an unknown suburban house somewhere on the South Shore of
Montreal. She has no recollection of how and with whom, she got
there. Drinking the night before caused her to blackout. She calls
her friend Catherine to come and pick her up. She wants to go home.
Instead, Catherine takes her to a bachelorette party. Sarah's fear
of banality and
obsessive pursuit of authenticity results in an increase in tensions
among the women. The evening concludes with the revelation of secrets
that destroy friendships. Well-acted but somewhat confusing.

A spectacular,
breathtaking and poetic look at humanity's first space probes –
Voyagers 1 & 2 – to reach the outer planets and beyond. The
film spans the mission's three decades and showcases the
images and sounds of our solar system through the real photographs
and plasma frequencies received by the Voyager spacecrafts.

This cross-genre
psychological thriller is an original cocktail. It deliberately
subverts a lot of female archetypes; mixing elements of substance
abuse – its effects on body, mind and
soul – with elements of science fiction
and conspiracy theories. The film opens with a wild party, full of
hard drugs and alcohol, raging full blast in an isolated stockade
situated in a desolate Michigan town. Lou and her
friend Sadie are having a great time. The next morning, Lou awakens
with amnesia and begins to experience extremely bizarre symptoms.
Lorna, conspiracy-crazed former military, enters to 'shed light' on
Lou's condition.

Ranaa and Emad are leads in an amateur
theatrical production of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman.
Their peaceful life is about to be turned upside down. When their
building begins to collapse, they're forced to evacuate. Babak, a
co-actor, quickly finds them a new apartment to move into. The
previous tenant, a woman of ill-repute, had left her belongings in a
locked room.

Shortly
thereafter, Ranaa, hearing the doorbell ring and presuming that it's
Emad, goes to unlock the door, then proceeds to take a bath. Instead,
a client of the previous tenant walks in and assaults her.

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